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Old 03-17-2009, 02:43 PM
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I'll be coming up from Texas, on a leisurely father-son road trip. We'll be passing through Nevada, Northern California, and finally down into Southern California.

What tracks should I be looking at for some HPDE at that way?

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Originally Posted by godzilladude
I'll be coming up from Texas, on a leisurely father-son road trip. We'll be passing through Nevada, Northern California, and finally down into Southern California.

What tracks should I be looking at for some HPDE at that way?

Thanks!
Laguna, Sears, Cal Speedway, Willow Springs.
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Coming down from fairly North CA a stop at Thunderhill would be a worthwhile stop IMO, new surface, fairly quick course, lots of open "oops" room.

The list above would certainly make for a great trip. Sears = Infineon Raceway. IMO Laguna and Infineon would be the musts. Enjoy the trip

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Calif HPDE's: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sout...-schedule.html
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Originally Posted by ryan0
Laguna, Sears, Cal Speedway, Willow Springs.
this + Thunderhill
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Don't forget Buttonwillow and Reno-Fernley.... There are a ton of good tracks on your way...

Here are the tracks and maps:

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Main_Page

and the events:

http://www.mytrackschedule.com/

The calendar page is really good

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Thanks everyone! I'll start looking over the schedules and see what I can work in. Should be fun!
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Laguna is one of the few tracks that runs counter-clockwise, but other than the corkscrew, it's pretty straightforward. Sears is very technical, maybe too much so for a casual one-off DE. However, both are great facilities.
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
Laguna is one of the few tracks that runs counter-clockwise, but other than the corkscrew, it's pretty straightforward. Sears is very technical, maybe too much so for a casual one-off DE. However, both are great facilities.

Thunderhill can be ran in both directions, but it's predominant direction is counter-clock

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